Submarine Näcken

Owner : Lennart Andersson

Scale : 1:50 Length 990 mm, beam 114 mm, weight 9 kg

Functions : Build of sheet-metal. The model has electric motor with electronic speed-controller, mixed stern-rudder for steering and deepsteering, tower-rudder for deepsteering, diving by waterpump and equipped with trimtanks in bow and stern, navigation lamps and flashinglight on snorkel.

Year of construction : 1980-82

Building time : approx. 1000 hours

Prototype : The Submarine "NÄCKEN" was built at Kockums Mek Verkstad and delivered to the Swedish Navy in the end of 1978. Length 49.5 m, beam 5.7 m. 1988 was Näcken extended with about 8 m and a Stirling-engine installed.